Events

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 (5)

Sep 11, 2012
October 9, 2010
Saturday

  • Food and Culture - a Global, Collaborative Classrooms Project

  • Oct 9, 2010 to Dec 31, 2013
  • Location: Online and in your classrooms
  • Description: Let your students learn with the world, not just about the world!The purpose of this project is the development of a global, collaborative classrooms project which will provide a context for students to:* Develop knowledge, skills and habits conducive to excellent health* Practice habits of responsible citizenship - locally to globally* Develop Global Competencies by studying "with" the world instead of "about" the world* Develop critical 21st Century Skills* Become engaged in a rigorous, relevant and real-world project* Engage the knowledge within the disciplines through research, problem solving and application* Learn - as opposed to memorizing then forgetting discrete factsThe initial sources of inspiration for this project were the book, Hungry Planet - What the World Eats, which is both a beautiful and profound essay on the people of our planet and the food they eat; the Edible Schoolyard Project where students grow and cook their own food, as many of the content standards are tau
  • Created by: Anne Shaw
March 5, 2011
Saturday

  • Global Media Literacy Network

  • Mar 5, 2011 to Mar 1, 2016
  • Location: Global, Online & Belgrade
  • Description:

    MEDIA LITERACY NETWORK IS ONE NEW DIGITAL MOVEMENT WILL DEVELOP ONLINE PLATFORM FOR THE MULTILEVEL CROSS SECTORS INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION IN MEDIA LITERACY

     

    • The main goal of the Platform will be the collection, promotion and dissemination of the mew methodologies, projects and audio visual tools in new and traditional media.
    • Everybody working in media literacy is welcome to become a member of the Platform without membership fee if accepted to promote the Platform and give to the Platform one or more creative projects application.
    • The Platform will offer to the members wide online visibility, events, workshops and seminars and large list of potential partners for international cooperation and projects.
    • The Platform will offer to every member online space and editorial rights for providing information, audio visual promotion of multimedia productions and call for participation through easy and user friendly online software.
    • Open a Media Literacy Market to trade expertise and profit from th
  • Created by: Miomir Rajcevic
February 15, 2012
Wednesday

  • Save Our Schools

  • Feb 15, 2012 to Sep 30, 2012
  • Location: Nationwide
  • Description:

    Save Our Schools is an ongoing philanthropic initiative operated and managed by a local civic organization and a collaboration of community stakeholders for the purpose of providing emergency funds and resources to schools.

    The fiscal challenge facing our nation is having a significant impact on North Carolina Schools. The impact we are experiencing in the marketplace has trickled down to a reduction in public services.

    Our schools are now being forced to make dramatic changes in their budgets, which will result in deferred maintenance, a deficiency in teaching resources, and the loss of educators. In the end, we are hurting our children. While there are parents, individuals, and organizations who are working hard to support our schools, it is clear that there is a need for more.

    Recently, an alliance of community leaders and socially responsible companies committed to launch a unified effort to “Save our Schools”. This effort will utilize entrepreneurial creativity and proven strategies

  • Created by: Bob Winstead
September 5, 2012
Wednesday

  • Webinar: How to Use ePals for Global Collaboration

  • Sep 5, 2012 at 1:00pm to Sep 26, 2012 at 2:00pm
  • Location: http://bit.ly/ePalsGCwebinar
  • Description:

    Free webinar gives an overview of how to collaborate with another classroom in another district, state, or across the globe.
    * How do you find these classrooms, using the ePals Global Community of 25 million users in 200 countries and territories?

    * What are some easy, free projects to use with global partner classrooms, provided by National Geographic and other ePals partners?
     * Once you have found a match, how can you use the free, safe and secure ePals SchoolMail for communication?
    By the end of this one-hour webinar, you will know how to find a match, how to set up safe email accounts for your students, and whether you want to participate in a free ePals project.

     
    When would you like a webinar? Sign up for a time:

    http://bit.ly/ePalsGCwebinar


    Newest global project on water is in English, Spanish and French, ONE DROP, from the founder of Cirque du Soleil. http://www.epals.com/onedrop

    acttr?v=1&a=new_trck%3A%09false%092%091491%09undefined%09true%09CSS1Compat%09RG&t=1328271885104Scheduled in next four weeks:

    Sept. 5 (Wed.) 1 pm ET (noon Central, 11 am Mountain, 10 am Pacific)

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  • Created by: Dr. Rita Oates
September 11, 2012
Tuesday